Yamaura Eiji closed his notebook, but the expression on his face suddenly turned somewhat troubled.
"However, Managing Director, there's a land mine we need to clear in advance." Yamaura Eiji lowered his voice, sounding cautious. "Takahashi Masaya, the original author—what happened back then still hasn't been completely resolved. He has quite the temper."
Back when Gundam Sentinel was serialized in a model magazine, Takahashi Masaya and Bandai had clashed bitterly over the model project and copyright ownership, ultimately parting on bad terms.
That was also the biggest obstacle that had kept this project from ever being adapted into an anime.
After hearing this, Nakayama Takuya burst into unconcerned laughter.
He turned to look at Hattori Kiyoshi, who had said little all along and was leisurely sipping tea.
"Director Hattori, I'm afraid we'll need to trouble you with a personal trip for this."
Hattori Kiyoshi set down the exquisite teacup in his hand, leaned back calmly in his chair, and raised an eyebrow.
"Oh? To talk with Takahashi Masaya?"
"Yes." Nakayama Takuya nodded. "Sega will make the approach, bringing hard cash and enough sincerity. The unpleasantness back then was nothing more than uneven profit distribution and being stripped of his right to speak. It wasn't some blood feud over a murdered father or stolen wife. There's no business in this world that can't be negotiated."
Hattori Kiyoshi nodded. He had handled this kind of morale-soothing negotiation not a thousand times, then eight hundred at the very least. It was what he did best.
"Besides." The corner of Nakayama Takuya's mouth curled into a mocking arc, his tone carrying a trace of schadenfreude. "Bandai was mainly responsible for stirring up trouble back then. Those people at Bandai had atrocious table manners—they offended him beyond all repair. Now Bandai has already been beaten